# Well permits in Eagle County, Colorado — how deep, how much

> 4,742 well permits in Eagle County. The median well is 120 feet deep. What the permits allow, how many expired, and what the Division was told about depth and yield.

## Well permits in Eagle County

**4,742** well permits — 0.8% of Colorado’s register. The median well here is **120 feet** deep, against 148 feet statewide.

### How deep people drill in Eagle County

This is the part a buyer actually wants, and it is not published anywhere else. The figures below are medians over the permits where the Division was told — a mean would be carried away by a handful of industrial wells.

*Medians, on the permits where the Division was told — never a mean, which a few industrial wells would carry away*

| Measurement | Median | 90th percentile | Colorado median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depth | **120 ft** | 400 ft | 148 ft — shallower here (2,531 permits, 53 %) |
| Yield | **15 gpm** | 75 gpm | 10 gpm — higher here (942 permits, 20 %) |
| Static water level | **52 ft** | 240 ft | 58 ft — lower here (2,084 permits, 44 %) |

### What the permits allow

A well permit is not a general right to water: it names what the water may be used for, and the narrowest of them — household use only — means inside the house and nothing else.

| Decreed use | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| [Domestic](/county/eagle/domestic.md) | 2,110 | 44.5% |
| [Monitoring/sampling](/county/eagle/monitoring-sampling.md) | 1,202 | 25.3% |
| [Household Use Only](/use/household-use-only.md) | 502 | 10.6% |
| [Municipal](/use/municipal.md) | 278 | 5.9% |
| [Commercial](/use/commercial.md) | 218 | 4.6% |
| [Irrigation](/use/irrigation.md) | 153 | 3.2% |
| [Other](/use/other.md) | 125 | 2.6% |
| [Industrial](/use/industrial.md) | 44 | 0.9% |
| [Not stated](/use/not-stated.md) | 35 | 0.7% |
| [Geothermal](/use/geothermal.md) | 26 | 0.5% |
| [Stock](/use/stock.md) | 22 | 0.5% |
| Dewatering | 15 | 0.3% |

### What happened to these permits

**1,989** of the 4,742 permits in Eagle County ended with a
well the Division was told about — 41.9%. And
**1,335** expired without one: 28.2%.

An expired permit is the trap in a rural sale. A seller can
produce a permit that lapsed years ago, and a permit is not a water right
— the two are separate, and a purchase turns on both.
[What an expired permit does and does not mean](/expired.md).

| Status | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Well Constructed | 1,989 | 41.9% |
| Permit Expired | 1,335 | 28.2% |
| Permit Canceled | 276 | 5.8% |
| Application Denied | 242 | 5.1% |
| Permit Issued | 208 | 4.4% |
| Well Abandoned | 182 | 3.8% |
| Application Withdrawn | 161 | 3.4% |
| Application Information Requested | 131 | 2.8% |
| Well Replaced - Abandonment Required | 114 | 2.4% |
| Application Received | 33 | 0.7% |

### Which aquifers

| Aquifer | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| [All Unnamed Aquifers](/aquifer/all-unnamed-aquifers.md) | 4,586 | 96.7% |
| [Not stated](/aquifer/not-stated.md) | 61 | 1.3% |
| [Alluvial](/aquifer/alluvial.md) | 46 | 1.0% |
| Morrison | 19 | 0.4% |
| Mancos | 14 | 0.3% |
| [Dakota](/aquifer/dakota.md) | 3 | 0.1% |
| Dakota Sandstone | 3 | 0.1% |
| Pierre Shale | 3 | 0.1% |
| [Unconfined San Luis Valley Aquifer](/aquifer/unconfined-san-luis-valley-aquifer.md) | 2 | 0.0% |
| Leadville Limestone | 2 | 0.0% |

### When the permits were issued

| Issued in | Permits | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 2020s | 368 | 7.8% |
| 2010s | 478 | 10.1% |
| 2000s | 766 | 16.2% |
| 1990s | 1,448 | 30.5% |
| 1980s | 556 | 11.7% |
| 1970s | 276 | 5.8% |
| 1960s | 69 | 1.5% |
| 1950s | 2 | 0.0% |

### Buying land in Eagle County, or need a well drilled?

4,742 well permits are on the Division’s register in Eagle County, 1,335 of them expired. This site tells you what a permit says; it does not drill, and it is not advice on a water right. Tell us where and we pass the request to drillers and water-rights advisers working in Colorado.

We take no commission and we recommend no driller. We have no arrangement with any firm today — we are collecting these requests in order to go and find them. [What we do with this](/privacy.md).

### Permits on record in Eagle County

*Well permits, Eagle County — 110 of the 110 shown carry the subdivision or plat name the applicant gave; a 0 means the Division was never told, not a measurement of zero*

| Subdivision, or the permit number | Status | Decreed use | Depth (ft) | Yield (gpm) | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Arlian Racnh](/search.md) permit 90751-F | Well Constructed | Commercial | 45 | 0 | 1995 |
| [Diamond Star Ranch](/search.md) permit 342176- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 53 | 0 | 2026 |
| [Crown Mountain Estates](/search.md) permit 32491--A | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 95 | 0 | 2026 |
| [Wjwj Ranch](/search.md) permit 89843-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 113 | 15 | 2025 |
| [Iron Property (aka Iron Oaks)](/search.md) permit 89863-F | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 0 | 15 | 2007 |
| [Colorow At Squaw Creek](/search.md) permit 89999-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 360 | 15 | 2006 |
| [Wittrock Parcel](/search.md) permit 90191-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 48 | 0 | 1984 |
| [Red Sky Ranch West](/search.md) permit 338356- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 345 | 0 | 2022 |
| [Willoughby, Thomas & Phillips](/search.md) permit 338804- | Well Constructed | Monitoring/sampling | 140 | 0 | 2025 |
| [Highland Meadow Estates At Castle Peak Ranch](/search.md) permit 339611- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 380 | 15 | 1990 |
| [Fulford](/search.md) permit 339850- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 40 | 0 | 2025 |
| [Fulford](/search.md) permit 339851- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 115 | 0 | 2025 |
| [Fulford](/search.md) permit 339853- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 173 | 0 | 2025 |
| [Fulford](/search.md) permit 340179- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 63 | 0 | 2025 |
| [Kirby Exemption](/search.md) permit 279539--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 56 | 0 | 2026 |
| [Beard Exemption Amended (reconfiguration 1a & 1b)](/search.md) permit 236629--A | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 599 | 0 | 2025 |
| [Horse Mountain Ranch](/search.md) permit 341496- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 298 | 0 | 2004 |
| [Midland Addition (filing: 1)](/search.md) permit 88955-F | Well Constructed | Irrigation | 3 | 0 | 2015 |
| [Sipido](/search.md) permit 88983-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 57 | 0 | 1972 |
| [Fulford](/search.md) permit 334002- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 56 | 0 | 2025 |
| [Fulford](/search.md) permit 334601- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 155 | 0 | 2025 |
| [Bbk (colorow At Squaw Creek)](/search.md) permit 89258-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 161 | 0 | 1999 |
| [Wolcott Springs Lot: 2a](/search.md) permit 335029- | Well Constructed | Monitoring/sampling | 112 | 0 | 2026 |
| [Fulford](/search.md) permit 334994- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 10 | 13.1 | 2025 |
| [Fulford](/search.md) permit 335339- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 98 | 15 | 2025 |
| [Wolter & Ellard Exemption](/search.md) permit 89483-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 0 | 15 | 1993 |
| [Mckelvey](/search.md) permit 330911- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 91 | 0 | 2023 |
| [Bear Gulch (filing: 1)](/search.md) permit 87809-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 463 | 0 | 2023 |
| [Hell' S Gate Ranch](/search.md) permit 275410--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 203 | 0 | 2023 |
| [Horse Mountain Ranch](/search.md) permit 330305- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 130 | 0 | 2023 |
| [Castle View](/search.md) permit 88047-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 90 | 15 | 1995 |
| [Wolcott Springs](/search.md) permit 330440- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 281 | 0 | 2023 |
| [Nevadaville](/search.md) permit 331022- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 123 | 0 | 2023 |
| [Beecher Creek Ranch](/search.md) permit 330917- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 120 | 0 | 2023 |
| [Beecher Creek Ranch](/search.md) permit 330918- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 136 | 0 | 2023 |
| [Beecher Creek Ranch](/search.md) permit 330919- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 133 | 0 | 2023 |
| [Castle View](/search.md) permit 88333-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 72 | 0.15 | 2023 |
| [Horse Mountain Ranch](/search.md) permit 318365--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 207 | 0 | 2023 |
| [Ole Creek Ranch](/search.md) permit 331559- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 80 | 0 | 2024 |
| [Spring Park Meadows](/search.md) permit 332434- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 95 | 15 | 2024 |
| [Horse Mountain Ranch](/search.md) permit 332428- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 530 | 0 | 2025 |
| [Fulford](/search.md) permit 332657- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 58 | 0 | 2025 |
| [Spring Park Ranches](/search.md) permit 86491-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 118 | 15 | 1999 |
| [Spring Park Ranches](/search.md) permit 86492-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 110 | 15 | 1996 |
| [Ute Forest At West Squaw Creek](/search.md) permit 86543-F | Well Constructed | Other | 615 | 10 | 2006 |
| [Spring Park Ranches](/search.md) permit 86577-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 160 | 65 | 2000 |
| [River Ranch](/search.md) permit 87151-F | Well Constructed | Irrigation | 0 | 0 | 2004 |
| [Spring Park Ranches](/search.md) permit 86619-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 203 | 40 | 2019 |
| [Hookspur Ranch](/search.md) permit 86783-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 0 | 13 | 1995 |
| [Wolcott Springs Parcel C](/search.md) permit 60347-F-R | Well Constructed | Domestic | 493 | 5 | 2022 |
| [Spring Park Ranches](/search.md) permit 86705-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 105 | 50 | 2009 |
| [Spring Park Ranches](/search.md) permit 86706-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 55 | 15 | 2007 |
| [Taylor Hill Placer](/search.md) permit 326382- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 60 | 15 | 2022 |
| [Pleasant Valley Ranch](/search.md) permit 325981- | Well Constructed | Monitoring/sampling | 385 | 0 | 2022 |
| [Eagle Ranch](/search.md) permit 145532--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 143 | 15 | 2022 |
| [Government Tract](/search.md) permit 327628- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 80 | 0 | 2022 |
| [Otto Creek](/search.md) permit 328449- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 54 | 0 | 2022 |
| [Gabossi](/search.md) permit 87207-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 55 | 34 | 1976 |
| [Gabossi](/search.md) permit 87208-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 60 | 15 | 2023 |
| [Long Exemption](/search.md) permit 328784- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 893 | 14 | 2023 |
| [Diamond Star Ranch](/search.md) permit 271514--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 62 | 14 | 2023 |
| [Bear Gulch (filing: 2)](/search.md) permit 85123-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 387 | 6 | 1999 |
| [Mountain Meadow Ranch](/search.md) permit 320706- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 192 | 0 | 2023 |
| [Glassier Acres](/search.md) permit 85257-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 77 | 12 | 1989 |
| [Eagle Ranch](/search.md) permit 147633--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 39 | 0 | 2021 |
| [Wolcott Springs Parcel 1](/search.md) permit 321969- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 225 | 15 | 2021 |
| [Rodabaugh Exemption](/search.md) permit 85618-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 208 | 0 | 2021 |
| [Pilgrim Downs](/search.md) permit 322943- | Well Constructed | Monitoring/sampling | 540 | 0 | 2022 |
| [Gabossi](/search.md) permit 85960-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 52 | 15 | 1982 |
| [Gabossi](/search.md) permit 85961-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 55 | 15 | 2022 |
| [Highland Meadows @ Castle Peak](/search.md) permit 85970-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 235 | 0 | 2014 |
| [Slater Type A Minor](/search.md) permit 85962-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 260 | 13 | 2003 |
| [Fulford](/search.md) permit 324248- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 113 | 15 | 2022 |
| [Wolcott Springs](/search.md) permit 324835- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 383 | 0 | 2022 |
| [Soderberg (filing: 4)](/search.md) permit 324926- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 292 | 7 | 2022 |
| [Hell' S Gate Ranch](/search.md) permit 317795- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 175 | 0 | 2020 |
| [Hes 286](/search.md) permit 274113--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 45 | 15 | 2020 |
| [Lane Family Conservation Subdivision](/search.md) permit 84601-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 140 | 15 | 2014 |
| [Horse Mountain Ranch](/search.md) permit 317797- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 508 | 0 | 2021 |
| [Horse Mountain Ranch](/search.md) permit 317798- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 255 | 0 | 2020 |
| [Horse Mountain Ranch](/search.md) permit 317871- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 65 | 0 | 2021 |
| [Horse Mountain Ranch](/search.md) permit 318834- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 300 | 0.5 | 2014 |
| [Coulter Creek Ranches](/search.md) permit 319373- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 490 | 0 | 2020 |
| [Horse Mountain Ranch](/search.md) permit 319729- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 303 | 1 | 2021 |
| [Highland Meadows @ Castle Peak](/search.md) permit 316612- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 275 | 0 | 2020 |
| [Tuck](/search.md) permit 314826- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 51 | 0 | 2022 |
| [Kennedy Tracts](/search.md) permit 312802- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 18 | 0 | 2019 |
| [Harmony View](/search.md) permit 312957- | Well Constructed | Monitoring/sampling | 170 | 0 | 1993 |
| [Pilgrim Downs](/search.md) permit 313059- | Well Constructed | Monitoring/sampling | 300 | 0 | 1962 |
| [Pilgrim Downs](/search.md) permit 313060- | Well Constructed | Monitoring/sampling | 300 | 0 | 1962 |
| [Eagle Pines](/search.md) permit 313133- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 115 | 0 | 2019 |
| [Mountain Meadow Ranch](/search.md) permit 83731-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 355 | 15 | 2018 |
| [Coulter Creek Ranches](/search.md) permit 312774- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 283 | 15 | 2019 |
| [Horse Mountain Ranch](/search.md) permit 313324- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 335 | 0 | 2019 |
| [Kreidler Subdivision Exemption](/search.md) permit 315037- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 195 | 0 | 2021 |
| [New York Mountain Project](/search.md) permit 314981- | Well Constructed | Monitoring/sampling | 103 | 0 | 2019 |
| [Hell's Gate Ranch](/search.md) permit 315325- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 364 | 0 | 2020 |
| [Hell's Gate Ranch](/search.md) permit 315326- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 347 | 0 | 2020 |
| [Lizzie Lode](/search.md) permit 308606- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 500 | 3 | 2018 |
| [Longview](/search.md) permit 82184-F | Well Constructed | Irrigation | 10 | 0 | 1998 |
| [Nelson Smith Exemption](/search.md) permit 61831-F-R | Well Constructed | Domestic | 30 | 15 | 2018 |
| [Bear Gulch (filing: 1)](/search.md) permit 82267-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 420 | 4 | 2018 |
| [Horse Mountain Ranch](/search.md) permit 310534- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 155 | 0 | 2018 |
| [Los Pinones Estates](/search.md) permit 82622-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 235 | 10 | 1968 |
| [15950 Highway 131 Exemption Plat](/search.md) permit 308113- | Well Constructed | Household Use Only | 240 | 0 | 2018 |
| [Coulter Creek Ranches](/search.md) permit 133491--A | Well Constructed | Domestic | 450 | 0 | 1994 |
| [Horse Mountain Ranch](/search.md) permit 308669- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 300 | 0 | 2018 |
| [Crawford Reese Parcel Type A Minor](/search.md) permit 82068-F | Well Constructed | Irrigation | 65 | 15 | 2018 |
| [Bear Gulch (filing: 2)](/search.md) permit 81855-F | Well Constructed | Domestic | 326 | 6.3 | 1999 |
| [Horse Mountain Ranch](/search.md) permit 308907- | Well Constructed | Domestic | 168 | 0 | 2018 |

### By decreed use in Eagle County

- [Domestic in Eagle County](/county/eagle/domestic.md) — 2,110
- [Monitoring/sampling in Eagle County](/county/eagle/monitoring-sampling.md) — 1,202

### Counties with a comparable register

- [Kit Carson](/county/kit-carson.md) 6,777
- [Mesa](/county/mesa.md) 6,494
- [Conejos](/county/conejos.md) 5,774
- [Washington](/county/washington.md) 5,722
- [Clear Creek](/county/clear-creek.md) 5,556
- [Baca](/county/baca.md) 5,424
- [Pitkin](/county/pitkin.md) 4,805
- [Gilpin](/county/gilpin.md) 4,606
- [Moffat](/county/moffat.md) 4,379
- [Costilla](/county/costilla.md) 4,256
- [Huerfano](/county/huerfano.md) 4,190
- [Lincoln](/county/lincoln.md) 4,107
- [Montrose](/county/montrose.md) 3,965

Neighbours by the size of their register, not a ranking: the list slides with the county you are on, so each of the 63 county pages is reachable from the others. [All of them](/county.md).

---

Página: https://wells-co.pages.dev/county/eagle/
Fonte: Well Application Permit — Colorado Division of Water Resources
Recolha: 2026-08-21